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	*Author and lecturer Jim Sofka looks at [http://www.monticello.org/podcasts/icjs.html#embargo Jefferson's Embargo at 200] - audio files of a November 27, 2007 talk at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.		*Author and lecturer Jim Sofka looks at [http://www.monticello.org/podcasts/icjs.html#embargo Jefferson's Embargo at 200] - audio files of a November 27, 2007 talk at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.
-	*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=embargo+1807-1809&BOOL1=all+of+these&FLD1=Subject+%28SKEY%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for Sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]	+	*See selected sources on Jefferson and the Embargo in the [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=jefferson+embargo+1807+&BOOL1=all+of+these&FLD1=Subject+%28SKEY% Thomas Jefferson Portal]

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-	The neutrality of the United States was tested during the Napoleonic Wars. Both Britain and France created trade restrictions in order to hurt their enemy. Orders like the ones implemented by the British and France disrupted American trade and their neutrality. As time went on, harassment by the British on American ships increased. This included impressment and seizures of American men and goods. After the Chesapeake Affair, [[Thomas Jefferson]] was faced with a decision to make regarding the situation at hand. In the end, he chose an economic option: the '''Embargo''' Act of 1807.	+	The neutrality of the United States was tested during the Napoleonic Wars. Both Britain and France imposed trade restrictions in order to weaken each others' economies. This also had the effect of disrupting American trade and testing the United States' neutrality. As time went on, harassment by the British of American ships increased. This included impressment and seizures of American men and goods. After the Chesapeake Affair, [[Thomas Jefferson]] was faced with a decision to make regarding the situation at hand. In the end, he chose an economic option: the '''Embargo''' Act of 1807.

	==Impressment==		==Impressment==

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	On December 15, 1807, Jefferson called his cabinet members to discuss the next phase of reconciliation.<ref>Louis Martin Sears, [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9334 ''Jefferson and the Embargo''] (Durham: Duke University Press, 1927). </ref> Shortly after, the President had received news from Europe that did not rule in favor of a settlement. In fact, England released a royal proclamation that promised more impressments. In addition to this, Napoleon had the full intention of applying the Berlin Decree, an act created in response to a British blockade on France, to United States shipping. <ref>Burton Spivak, [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1867 ''Jefferson's English Crisis: Commerce, Embargo and the Republican Revolution''] (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979). </ref> The situation in Europe showed no signs of improvement. The Jefferson administration needed to respond.		On December 15, 1807, Jefferson called his cabinet members to discuss the next phase of reconciliation.<ref>Louis Martin Sears, [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9334 ''Jefferson and the Embargo''] (Durham: Duke University Press, 1927). </ref> Shortly after, the President had received news from Europe that did not rule in favor of a settlement. In fact, England released a royal proclamation that promised more impressments. In addition to this, Napoleon had the full intention of applying the Berlin Decree, an act created in response to a British blockade on France, to United States shipping. <ref>Burton Spivak, [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1867 ''Jefferson's English Crisis: Commerce, Embargo and the Republican Revolution''] (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979). </ref> The situation in Europe showed no signs of improvement. The Jefferson administration needed to respond.

-	As December 1807 began, debate about an embargo was heating up in Congress. Two key figures against the measure were Massachusetts Governor James Sullivan and Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. Sullivan’s constituents would be greatly affected by the measure as most of the United States’ commercial shipping was located in his state. Gallatin faced the problem of enforcing the measure. <ref>Sears, 58.</ref> Gallatin suggested changing the present Non-Importation Act instead of imposing an all out embargo. In a letter to Jefferson, Gallatin states, “In every point of view, privation, suffering, revenue, effect on the enemy, politics at home, I prefer war to a permanent embargo.” <ref> Albert Gallatin to Thomas Jefferson, December 18, 1807. Available online at http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/040/0100/0166.jpg.</ref> However, Jefferson was unmoved by the arguments against the embargo, and failed to see the benefits of a restrictive economic policy like the Non-Importation Acts. He came before Congress on December 18, 1807 in order to give them this address:	+	As December 1807 began, debate about an embargo was heating up in Congress. Two key figures against the measure were Massachusetts Governor James Sullivan and Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. Sullivan’s constituents would be greatly affected by the measure as most of the United States’ commercial shipping was located in his state. Gallatin faced the problem of enforcing the measure. <ref>Sears, 58.</ref> Gallatin suggested changing the present Non-Importation Act instead of imposing an all out embargo. In a letter to Jefferson, Gallatin states, “In every point of view, privation, suffering, revenue, effect on the enemy, politics at home, I prefer war to a permanent embargo.” <ref> Albert Gallatin to Thomas Jefferson, December 18, 1807. Available online at [http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/040/0100/0166.jpg.]</ref> However, Jefferson was unmoved by the arguments against the embargo, and failed to see the benefits of a restrictive economic policy like the Non-Importation Acts. He came before Congress on December 18, 1807 in order to give them this address:

	<blockquote>"To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:		<blockquote>"To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

Chad: Further sources add - 11/27/2007 Sofka talk on the Embargo at ICJS

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	==Further Sources==		==Further Sources==
		+	*Author and lecturer Jim Sofka looks at [http://www.monticello.org/podcasts/icjs.html#embargo Jefferson's Embargo at 200] - audio files of a November 27, 2007 talk at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.
	*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=embargo+1807-1809&BOOL1=all+of+these&FLD1=Subject+%28SKEY%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for Sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]		*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=embargo+1807-1809&BOOL1=all+of+these&FLD1=Subject+%28SKEY%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for Sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]

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Anna: See Also > Further Sources

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	The House Foreign Affairs Committee, which was headed by George Washington Cambell from Tennessee, was in charge of writing a report giving an overview of the United States’ relationship with Britain and France, as well as giving suggestions for policies, late in 1808. The committee came up with three different resolutions. The first was to grant “partial repeal with submission”. The second was to impose the non-importation of France, and finally, the third was to begin military preparations. Jefferson left the decision up to Congress and urged the Congressmen to honor the report given by Cambell’s committee. <ref> Spivak, 180. </ref>		The House Foreign Affairs Committee, which was headed by George Washington Cambell from Tennessee, was in charge of writing a report giving an overview of the United States’ relationship with Britain and France, as well as giving suggestions for policies, late in 1808. The committee came up with three different resolutions. The first was to grant “partial repeal with submission”. The second was to impose the non-importation of France, and finally, the third was to begin military preparations. Jefferson left the decision up to Congress and urged the Congressmen to honor the report given by Cambell’s committee. <ref> Spivak, 180. </ref>

-	After a long-winded debate on the subject, the committee reconvened and insisted that the best course of action was a substitution of a non-intercourse act. Through this, all countries except for Britain and France, would be removed from the Embargo, which would become effective on March 4, 1809. At the same time, French and British ships would be removed from American waters. <ref> Ibid, 193.</ref>	+	After a long-winded debate on the subject, the committee reconvened and insisted that the best course of action was a substitution of a non-intercourse act. Through this, all countries except for Britain and France, would be removed from the Embargo. At the same time, French and British ships would be removed from American waters. <ref> Ibid, 193.</ref>
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-	Jefferson signed the Non-Intercourse Act on March 4, 1809, the day he left office. <ref> Stuart, 48.</ref>	+

		+	Jefferson signed the Non-Intercourse Act on March 1, 1809, three days before he left office. <ref> Stuart, 48.</ref>

	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==

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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
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	The neutrality of the United States was tested during the Napoleonic Wars. Both Britain and France created trade restrictions in order to hurt their enemy. Orders like the ones implemented by the British and France disrupted American trade and their neutrality. As time went on, harassment by the British on American ships increased. This included impressment and seizures of American men and goods. After the Chesapeake Affair, [[Thomas Jefferson\|Jefferson]] was faced with a decision to make regarding the situation at hand. In the end, he chose an economic option: the '''Embargo''' Act of 1807.		The neutrality of the United States was tested during the Napoleonic Wars. Both Britain and France created trade restrictions in order to hurt their enemy. Orders like the ones implemented by the British and France disrupted American trade and their neutrality. As time went on, harassment by the British on American ships increased. This included impressment and seizures of American men and goods. After the Chesapeake Affair, [[Thomas Jefferson\|Jefferson]] was faced with a decision to make regarding the situation at hand. In the end, he chose an economic option: the '''Embargo''' Act of 1807.

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	“On the impressment of our seamen, our remonstrances have never been intermitted. A hope existed at one moment, of an arrangement which might have been submitted to, but it soon passed away, and the practice, though relaxed at times in the distance seas, has been constantly pursued in those in our neighbourhood.” –Th:Jefferson<ref> Message from the President of the United States, respecting the violation of neutral rights, the depredations on the colonial trade, and the impressments of American seamen, 1806, 4.</ref>		“On the impressment of our seamen, our remonstrances have never been intermitted. A hope existed at one moment, of an arrangement which might have been submitted to, but it soon passed away, and the practice, though relaxed at times in the distance seas, has been constantly pursued in those in our neighbourhood.” –Th:Jefferson<ref> Message from the President of the United States, respecting the violation of neutral rights, the depredations on the colonial trade, and the impressments of American seamen, 1806, 4.</ref>
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	== Non-Importation Acts==		== Non-Importation Acts==
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	Jefferson gave a speech, shortly after [[James Madison\|Madison’s]], to Congress on February 14, 1806, which read:		Jefferson gave a speech, shortly after [[James Madison\|Madison’s]], to Congress on February 14, 1806, which read:
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	==Monroe-Pinkney Treaty ==		==Monroe-Pinkney Treaty ==
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	In 1806, [[James Monroe]] and William Pinkney were asked by President Jefferson to negotiate with Great Britain with the hopes of ending the harassment of American ships and seamen. After months of negotiations, the treaty was finalized and “defined neutral and belligerent rights in time of war and established terms of trade between the United States and the British Empire.” <ref>Donald Hickey. “The Monroe-Pinkney Treaty of 1806: A Reappraisal.” William and Mary Quarterly. Vol. 44, 1(1987): 66.</ref> However, what it did not include were clauses concerning the impressment of United States citizens, which bothered Jefferson. Jefferson and his advisors agreed before the treaty was received that if the treaty did not include clauses to stop the impressment of Americans, they would not forward it to Congress for ratification. In a letter to [[James Monroe]], defending his actions, Jefferson writes		In 1806, [[James Monroe]] and William Pinkney were asked by President Jefferson to negotiate with Great Britain with the hopes of ending the harassment of American ships and seamen. After months of negotiations, the treaty was finalized and “defined neutral and belligerent rights in time of war and established terms of trade between the United States and the British Empire.” <ref>Donald Hickey. “The Monroe-Pinkney Treaty of 1806: A Reappraisal.” William and Mary Quarterly. Vol. 44, 1(1987): 66.</ref> However, what it did not include were clauses concerning the impressment of United States citizens, which bothered Jefferson. Jefferson and his advisors agreed before the treaty was received that if the treaty did not include clauses to stop the impressment of Americans, they would not forward it to Congress for ratification. In a letter to [[James Monroe]], defending his actions, Jefferson writes
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	However, Jefferson did not call Congress. There were several reasons for this. The first was that he wanted tempers to cool and wait for a response and apology from the British government. Secondly, Jefferson wanted to give ample time for the military to prepare in the case of a possible military conflict, and give the ships outside of the American waters time to return. Finally, he did not wish to reconvene Congress because he feared that if Congress was called, it would represent a possible call for war. <ref> Ibid.</ref> Jefferson later ordered the British ships to leave American waters, saying, "If they come ashore, they must be captured, or destroyed if they cannot be captured, because we mean to enforce the proclamation rigorously..." <ref> Jefferson to W.H. Cambell, September, 1807, [[Short Title List\|L&B,]] 11:364.</ref>		However, Jefferson did not call Congress. There were several reasons for this. The first was that he wanted tempers to cool and wait for a response and apology from the British government. Secondly, Jefferson wanted to give ample time for the military to prepare in the case of a possible military conflict, and give the ships outside of the American waters time to return. Finally, he did not wish to reconvene Congress because he feared that if Congress was called, it would represent a possible call for war. <ref> Ibid.</ref> Jefferson later ordered the British ships to leave American waters, saying, "If they come ashore, they must be captured, or destroyed if they cannot be captured, because we mean to enforce the proclamation rigorously..." <ref> Jefferson to W.H. Cambell, September, 1807, [[Short Title List\|L&B,]] 11:364.</ref>
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	==Embargo of 1807==		==Embargo of 1807==
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	== Repeal of the Embargo/Non-Intercourse Acts ==		== Repeal of the Embargo/Non-Intercourse Acts ==
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	Although it was successful in evading war, news of evasions and other such negative aspects of the Embargo forced Thomas Jefferson and Congress to look at repealing the measure. The American economy was suffering and the American public opinion was not in support of its continuation. Ultimately, the embargo failed to have a large effect on the British. Through illegal shipments, goods reached the British, therefore, they were not suffering as much as the embargo had intended. <ref> Spivak, 198.</ref> It is obvious that there was an initial effect on the price of British goods, but the Britons took those prices and adapted to them. They used their trading connections with countries in South America. <ref> Stuart, 48.</ref> What they could not replace through other trading partners were goods that were not that vital to the survival of the country. The other country in question, France, almost seemed to welcome the American embargo because it supported Napoleon’s Continental System. <ref> Ibid, 49. </ref> It was up to the United States Congress to come up with an alternative to the Embargo.		Although it was successful in evading war, news of evasions and other such negative aspects of the Embargo forced Thomas Jefferson and Congress to look at repealing the measure. The American economy was suffering and the American public opinion was not in support of its continuation. Ultimately, the embargo failed to have a large effect on the British. Through illegal shipments, goods reached the British, therefore, they were not suffering as much as the embargo had intended. <ref> Spivak, 198.</ref> It is obvious that there was an initial effect on the price of British goods, but the Britons took those prices and adapted to them. They used their trading connections with countries in South America. <ref> Stuart, 48.</ref> What they could not replace through other trading partners were goods that were not that vital to the survival of the country. The other country in question, France, almost seemed to welcome the American embargo because it supported Napoleon’s Continental System. <ref> Ibid, 49. </ref> It was up to the United States Congress to come up with an alternative to the Embargo.

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	*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=embargo+1807-1809&BOOL1=all+of+these&FLD1=Subject+%28SKEY%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for Sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]		*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=embargo+1807-1809&BOOL1=all+of+these&FLD1=Subject+%28SKEY%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for Sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]

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